Beards are everywhere and we see them every day- many of men have them and many women live or work with men who have beards. For something so common there are some surprisingly cool and interesting things many people do not know about beards. Here are some cool tidbits to share the next time you are at your barber shop in Kennesaw GA.
- There is an actual phobia for the fear of beards and it is called Pogonophobia.
- The United States CIA department tried to undermine Fidel Castro’s authority and manliness by making him lose his beard- their attempts failed however.
- In ancient Egypt men would paint their beards with gold to symbolize their royal heritage and their power and wealth.
- It has been shown that beards grow faster during the day than at night.
- Beards have long symbolized a man’s honor and dignity and manhood. Touching another man’s beard long ago would likely result in a duel over honor.
- It is an unspoken custom for many societies that men will shave their beards when a loved one or a family member passes away.
- It has been estimated based on average beard growth rates that if a man never shaved in his entire life his beard would reach a length of approximately 27.5 feet!
- For the man who shaves at least 4 times a week, he will end up spending approximately 3,350 hours of his life in the bathroom looking at himself in the mirror!
- It is stated that Alexander the Great forbade men serving in his infantry to have beards due to the risk they posed during hand to hand combat situations.
- Come societies long ago actually made men pay a beard tax in order to keep their faces unshaven.
- One of the most famous beards in US political history- Abraham Lincoln’s- exists only because an 11-year-old-girl wrote to Lincoln and said a beard would make him look wiser and older.
- The longest beard recorded belonged to a man named Hans Langseth and at the time of his death his beard measured in at 5.33 meters, or almost 17 and a half feet!
When you are sitting back in the barber chair getting ready for a haircut, pull out these fun facts and see what people think. And if you are looking for a barber shop in Kennesaw GA check out Shape and Shave Barber Shop today and let them show you what they know about beards!
